Prewashing 2-1/2" Strips???
Hi! :icon_wave: I have absolutely fallen in love with the Sticks and Stones quilt that Jenny made for her tutorial using Juicy Jewels Strip Pack by Island Batiks. It would be my first quilt. But I'm scared to death to order all the fabric and make it, only to have it ruined. Normally, you prewash fabric, so you don't encounter huge shrinkage. I'm afraid if I prewash 2-1/2" strips, I'll have a frayed mess. If I don't prewash them, I'm afraid those gorgeous rich purples, blues, and greens will run/bleed all over each other and the white if I wait to wash it until after the quilt is finished. I recently retired (a few years earlier than originally planned), so I'm "watching pennies." Any help/suggestions would be truly appreciated. Please help! :(
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No, never wash precuts, except maybe fat quarters. Just make sure you use Colour Catchers when you wash your quilt. :)
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Thank you! I'll research Colour Catchers as I'm not familiar with it. Thanks again!
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Don't !!!
Precuts (especially strips) should never be washed. There is great debate over whether any fabrics need to be washed. I personally don't and have had no problems. If a precut had to be washed because it was soiled, you would soak it in water with a little detergent, rinse and lay flat to dry.
Welcome to the forum!
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I just bought some color catchers...Shout in the laundry isle. In a small red box :)
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Thanks Donna, appreciate it!
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Fo not wash your strips! Many of us don't prewash anything.... Good fabric doesn't shrink all that much, and seldom bleeds.
I haven't ore washed anything, including flannel, in years... No problems... But, I way my quults in cold water only... And always use a couple of color catches the first time they are washed.
So... Order your besutiful strips snd make a gorgeous quilt.... Have fun!
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White box is shown at Walmart, and some folks are saying you can't mix colors and whites with it. Sounds like the orange/red box is the way to go!
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Thanks Sandy! Appreciate the encouragement!
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The. Color Catchers really work. Saw it first on the forum and bought some to try out. Worth every cent. Welcome!